Paper recyling workshop postponed :(

Nothing much happened during this week's meeting, besides the usual weeding and unusually short discussion. Amazingly, Farhanah didn't bring up our respective jobs and responsibilities.

The recycling workshop was initially scheduled for this week. Unfortunately, due to certain unforseen circumstances (we didn't bring anything recycling-related), it was postponed to the meeting after the Raya holidays.

Atikah told us what we needed to bring in order to recycle paper, on top of giving a short, condensed tutorial on how exactly we do it. The things each member has to bring are: One tupperware of blended newspaper, One sponge, and some corn starch, if they could spare any. Deprived souls like your truly who don't own blenders can request for their friends to bring a tupperware of blended newspaper for them.

Goodbye, and on to my incomplete homework.

Welcome, young ones.

Last Tuesday as most of you are aware of, was the ice breaking session for the Form 1 juniors. These juniors were practically drowning the already drowned seniors with their enthusiasatic gesture. These young people are forces to be reckon with. They actually care for the environment! (okay, there's a slight possibility there were there for the Ko-ko marks but hey, who are we to judge?)

Anyway, the meeting started off with Pn. Yeo, who was by the way looking rather radiant, briefing the Form 1s about the usual stuffs like 'what is Eco Ranger?' She then passed the mic to Farhanah and Farhanah, who wasn't looking very radiant, got down to business. Business as in informing what the Eco Ranger has been doing so far and what the Eco Ranger is really about.

Farhanah was babbling and you could tell that nobody was really paying attention (or was that just me?), when she dropped the bomb. She said that we are representing school in International Level or something along that line. This shocking announcement was followed by many gasps most notably by the Juniors who formerly thought that Eco Ranger was just another one of school's just-there-for-laughs club. My heart then literally swelled with pride when Farhanah got to the achievements part. Eco Ranger has achieved so many things over the year. A fact that I found not surprising with the number of dedicated members in our club.

Ice breaking games include the Name game and it was a success. Everyone knew each other's name by the end of that game and after that, we played a round of get-a-question-from-the-box-whenever-it-stops-at-you game. Let me just say that this game showcased some amazing musical abilities by our members, namely Eishatur with her show stopping numbers. Eishatur was the only upside to this game as it bores me out of my wit and I'm sure most of you felt the same.

There was LONG awkward pause when Farhanah asked the Juniors their opinions on the club. But they instantly recovered and Farhanah was happy with all the good feedbacks we've received.

It was a successful meeting as usual and to the Form 1s - We have a LONG way to go and let's hope we survive it together!

Angela's guide to the blog updaters

Greetings, world.

 Instead of posting yet another article on saving the green, beautiful earth, I have decided on something far more practical instead- A guide to differentiating between the various people who update this blog. Now. Doesn't this beat a long-winded lecture on how to reduce the acidity of the air?

We will start with Farhanah. Here goes nothing except my neck.

Farhanah's updates are very factual, and to the point. She doesn't waste any time on frills and complaints about her unfair life. She rarely updates, though, so I see no reason she would complain. Oh, and also, she NEVER uses sarcasm, and her blog posts are very pleasant and polite. Because she rarely updates, everyone would read her updates as soon as possible because for her to update, it would be important and crucial stuff.

Next up-Elsa.

Elsa loves updating. She writes with an element of humour, and she is rather sarcastic at times. Her  blog posts have a point. Unfortunately, I don't know what else to insert here as she has yet to reveal her true potential for blog-updating just yet. I'm sure her true colours will shine true in just a few more posts.

And then we have Eishatur...

Eishatur's blog posts are always full of emoticons which are out of the ordinary. Think Japanese Harajuku Chat Rooms. Here are a few examples: ^_^, 0_0, and *_*. Oh, and she always sounds like a hyperactive, perky 5 year old who managed to overdose on sugar in spite of her mother's disapproval by dazzling her mother with a wide beam, leaving her in an disorientated state.

Finally, we have Angela.

The one thing that gives Angela away in her updates is the fact that she always somehow manages to drag Farhanah into everything work-related. She enjoys pretending to be Cinderella who was forced by her evil stepmother to update a blog. She is secretly fond of the blog, because she hasn't been updating her own. People dismiss it as a classic case of parental guilt.

You're very welcome for the clarification.

Oh, the agony, the PAIN!

Once upon a time, Farhanah decided that as members of Toyota Eco Rangers, merely pulling out weeds and resuscitating dead plants isn't enough to tip our busy, overloaded souls over the edge.


As anyone who bothers to grace this blog with their presences would have noticed, Farhanah has oh-so-kindly dedicated an entire blog post to tormenting our poor members with the gruesome and in-depth details about what their respective jobs entail. As we had recently re-elected posts, some of us have new posts, while the others, who are less fortunate remain stuck with theirs. Either way, everyone in the club has a post.


This meeting, Farhanah once again took it upon herself to refresh our memories regarding our jobs. She has even introduced a new system whereby members who do not carry out their duties would lose the sole reason they even accepted their duties in the first place- KoKo Marks. Needless to say, everyone was traumatised into carrying out their duties, including the person who has to update this blog.


Good news- There are now TWO Blog AJKs.


Then, Farhanah discussed what she has in store for our upcoming meetings.


On the 8th of September, the new, JUNIOR (That was my evil laugh you heard) members will be introduced into the club. We, as senior members who are naturally wiser and therefore entitled to tormenting them as much as possible have planned numerous games for them, out of the kindness of our hearts. Should our juniors do anything wrong, Farhanah has reassured us that the senior members will take the heat. I'm sorry, that wasn't very reassuring at all.


A recycling workshop is scheduled for the 15th of September, whereby members will be treated to an exciting tutorial on recycling paper. We are all eagerly looking forward to it in anticipation. Keeping in line with the workshop theme, there will also be a bio enzyme workshop on the 29th of September. I apologise for the lack of elaboration as I am a part of those members who have no idea what bio enzyme is, but pretend to know for the sake of appearing smart.


There may be an overdose of sarcasm in this blog post, but I doubt you'll notice it. I'm very subtle.